Topic: Would there be any point in making a BitTorrent tracker Web site with legal torrents only?
Anonymous A started this topic 9 months (2009-07-02 20:43:?? UTC) ago (#28,762):
Everything would be pre-moderated by moderators with the know-how about legality/copyright to make sure that the site only ever contains legal torrents and is 100% legal and safe to use. It would of course be free (of charge) to use it. It would have advertisements to finance it.
Would there be anything of value on such a site? Would this appeal to you? Would it appeal to any significant number of people? Would it be worth the trouble?
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Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 9 months (2009-07-02 20:44:?? UTC) ago, 1 minute later (#171,828):
It would be worth it. Not all people torrent illegal things. In fact it sounds like a wonderful idea and the site would probably do pretty good.
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 9 months (2009-07-02 20:44:?? UTC) ago, 12 seconds later, 1 minute past creation (#171,829):
We're about to find out with The Pirate Bay.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 9 months (2009-07-02 20:52:?? UTC) ago, 8 minutes later, 10 minutes past creation (#171,836):
@previousI couldn't put it better. And I'm assuming that is what the OP was referring to in his question.
But to answer his question. No. There wouldn't be. If anything can be downloaded legally it is usually done so through the means provided by the uploader. And lets face it. Torrents are what people use to get stuff for free that they would normally pay for.
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 9 months (2009-07-02 20:54:?? UTC) ago, 2 minutes later, 11 minutes past creation (#171,837):
My personal opinion is that it would fail spectacularly. Granted, there would be a market for it, but there are so many illegal alternatives that I don't think it survive in such a market.
The only way that I can see it surviving is through turning it into a sort of iTunes for torrents, making it as mainstream as possible, becoming the well-known, "acceptable" face of torrents!
Apologies if my perception is a little off, I'm still not up to date on what is happening with The Pirate Bay, so I acknowledge that I may be missing the point a bit.
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 9 months (2009-07-02 21:05:?? UTC) ago, 11 minutes later, 22 minutes past creation (#171,845):
Basically The Pirate bay was just sold for $7.8 Million, and is planning on becoming "Legal" Starting in August.
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 9 months (2009-07-02 23:50:?? UTC) ago, 3 hours later, 3 hours past creation (#171,943):
I think torrents are painfully underrated methods of file distribution. They don't ONLY need to be used for illegal files, they can help reduce a lot of the load off a server, if the person wants their file shared that way.
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